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, w erm9 of the watchman ' 1 e tocription.per year two doi.lars-payable in y but if not paid in advance two dollars 1 jfiftv cts ill be charged k ' i subsequent insertion court orders charged t higher than these rates a liberal deduc ."â€ž.,' to those who advertise by the year ks to the editors must be post paid from the south carolinian 1 ireat display of firtlltes fire balls and shooting stars on thursday the ul day of november 1s49 i m eight o'clock a m throughout lhe entire l and until a late hour of lhe night in this v ol lhe country there was a magnificent tlilay of these enigmatical atmospheric pbe yneiia which have so property been regard by humboldt as ' small masses ring with , jiary velocity in conic sections round the â– l in lemony with he laws of universal dilation early in ihe morning explosions lsembling distant artillery were heard by va ,. per6on9 which were mistaken for blast , explosions until he afternoon when ihese j winded messengers of the slats became j sible lo ibe naked eye one exploded about j o milt 5 northeast from my residence with a ; nincr noise which shook the surrounding i p iii its downward transit emilied a clear aflspborescent light leaving a distinct line il | minaied in iis course another five miles j i,.ipst was observed wingin us course in \ pjrtnwesc o _ . anie direction at cpnte a leizure pace ho ' zontallj ailtl l ' e ca h ai d being spent ex jed Â» liri noise smoke it appeared to be a evolving ball of while flame at 4 o'clock , _ ] was walking in a field at pomaria when i startling explosion took place at my back apparently hree hundred yards from me the j fullei lhan the loudest report of ar j eijierv could he at thai distance and sensibly book the earth â€” similar instances were ob j â€¢ rvetl in the upper part of newberry district thir : ir miles north of this place and throughout our whole section they were visible to many oflhe post respectable citizens i have not had lei j re to examine any of the localities where lie explosion took place to determine whether ijjere have been specific mineral deposites â€” ; \; ni"ht there was a beautiful display of those ; fiery tea from the skies commonly de i nominated shooting stars the sky was perfectly clear during the en i lirt day and a brilliant blue was observable , pen to the horizon the sunset was most j brilliant crimson and about ten o'clock p m j ii flush ofthe northern light was plainly visi t's the weather since has been warm to an ! intolerable degree and we are now in the i irjst ofa most charming indian summer humboldt satisfactorily accounts for the vis ible appearance of these masses from the fact fat when they encounter the earth in their co-jrse and attracted by it they become on tie verge of our atmosphere extremely lumin ous fire halls and shooting stars we learn inm the same source are not only frequently cnnlempo raucous and intermingled but fre metitlv pass into one another meteoric stones frequently fall from fire-balls which was the case when the well known fa.ll of a:rolites oc cured at barbolan in the department of des landes france on the 24th july 1790 ; at lima on the loth june 1704 ; at weston con lcclicui on the 1 li h december 1807 ; and at juvenas in the department of ardeche on the loih june 1821 sometimes ihese have fal len from a progressive cloud forming suddenly in the midst of a clear sky accompanied with a noise like the report of a single peice of artil lery u mulhausen in the department of al ia prance in september 1843 large aerolites lell from the clear sky amidst a noise like thun cr v ngcrs in 1 6*2*2 fire balls emitted tones similar in diameter to lhe balls project ed from lire works called roman candles the formation of all these phenomena are still involved in inexplicable mystery â€” the min eral deposites and specific earths precipitated as ie furnishing the scientific no satisfactory due n a perfect solution the magnitude of thes precipitations in some instances has been surprising llabide celis describes those of bohia and otumpa in chaco to be from seven to even and a half feet in length : that of ae go i'utamos renowned in antiquity and men ; lionedin the mat ble chronicle ol paris as large j as two mill stones of the weight of a waggon j load the great thracian meteor slone which j lell more lhan 2500 years aÂ»o and which is now lost humboldt still hopes will be discov i ered in lhe east an enormous terolile which lell early in lhe tenth century projected an ell ! above lhe water ol the river name humboldt regards even ihese enormous bodies as no more k than principled fragments which were j scatteted by the explosion when ihey descend i ed a reference to the investigation made by dension olrastead ol new haven connect i i cut on the showers of shooting stars and fire halls ot november 1833 would be highly sat islac'ory to those who desire an explanation ind confirmation of lhe cosmic origin of such phenomena a further reference to humboldt's cosmos will give the reader perhaps a satis factory elucidation of the mysteries connected ith these matters which could not even be fflerred to in the limits ofa hasty communica l,0n like this given only iu order to induce a public account from all sections in which this almost certain annual november display may bare taken place the liicts and instances ci ted are chbfly from humboldt a g summer â– . isnsceoft lexington nov 4 1741 title for ihe president â€” from the re cently published biography of rev dr ashbell green who died not long since at a very advanced age we take the follow ing extract relating to an interesting mat ter of our early history : at the period we contemplate i made ft part ofa company in which a conver sation took place the report of which i qink you will receive with some interest y r - wm shipen the first professor and or a time an eminent one in the medical "* c ool of the university of pennsylvania d ior his wife a lady of virginia it i 1 suppo.se in consequence of this that jjlien the virginia delegation to the first egress arrived in philadelphia on their a >" to xcw york he invited some of the of that delegation or perhaps |" e whole of them to a dinner at his own p -*' -'â€¢ i remember the names of madison â„¢ e nd lee and i think there was one r uv o more chief justice mckean af . w ards governor of pennsylvania and " m bingham subsequently a mem r oi the l'nited states senate were like â€¢** invited guests and as the doctor was n member of my congregation he also the carolina watchman bruner & james ) ? kf.er a check upon am ocr editors sc proprietors ) nx*s ( new series do this a so li&eetv is safe < geu'l harrison ( volume vi number 31 salisbury n c thursday december 6 1849 honored me with an invitation soon af i ter wc had taken our seats in the drawing room before dinner the chief justice said to mr madison â€” have you thought sir of a title for our new president ?" madison's answer was in the negative ; and he added that in his judgment no title except that of president would be necessary or proper yes sir replied mckean he must have a title and i have been examining the titles of certain princes in europe to dis cover one that has not been appropriated most serene highness i find is appro priated ; but serene highness without the word most in not appropriated ; and i think it will be proper that our president should be known by the title of his serene highness the president of the united j stettcs this elicited an amicable con troversy which continued for some time i madison and his colleagues opposing and mckean maintaining the propriety of conferring the title he had proposed on president washington although congress thought proper to give no title to the president other than that which designated his oflice common usage since has familiarized the pub lic ear to the application of his excellen cy if we cannot adhere to the original simplicity of title which met with favor in the first congress there might be better taste shown perhaps in the selection of some other title â€” although there is no need of any but the term his excellen cy does not distinguish the presidential , office above that of the governor of a state the term as applied to the latter is of colonial descent and used to be the designation of the provisional governors under the british crown in our state of maryland the phrase is always used when ever the two houses or either communi cate with the governor another objection to the use ofthe term is to be found in the circumstance that it denotes in europe a grade of official rank far from lhe highest ; so that when a for eign minister applies the designation to the president of the united states it is a derogatory designation some of our presidents were very particular upon this and would receive no communication from foreign representatives bearing that ad dress tothe president of the united states is the simple and appropriate style of official designation most suitable tothe dignity of the office and to the repuplican ism of our people the appropriateness of this address would be impaired by the introduction of the personal name of the president â€” baltimore american the register has been trying very hard of late to conceal its own position upon the wilmot proviso by holding up the standard as conceding the right of congress to abolish slavery in the district i of columbia as we supposed.it was a j mere ruse of the register to divert public opinion from its own derelections by char ging on the standard that the editor of the newbern re publican is very much mistaken in sup posing that it was a mere ruse of ours . to hold up the standard as conceding the right of congress to abolish slavery in i the district of columbia and that no one else would have placed such a construe j tion upon the extract by which we speak i ! will abundantly appear from the follow j ing to which we invite special and uni i versial attention : 9 9 9 m 9 9 s an admission the raleigh n c standard a dem | ocratic paper in a controversy with the ; raleigh register whig concerning the power of congress over slavery in the territories of california and new mexico : some time since made the following ad mission from which it would appear that it holds the same views ofthe constitution al power of congress over slavery in the district of columbia which are enter tained by the free soil party : in the first article and 8th section of the constitution it is declared that con gress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the district of columbia here is a grant of exclusive and supreme power why was not the same language used in relation to the territories ? why if as the register de clares lhe right of absolute and unlim ited legislation over the territories was intended to be delegated did not the , framers of the constitution say so just as they had said in relation to the district of columbia ?" lt is a little remarkable that the free '' democracy should be sustained in its view of the power of congress over the territories by whigs of the south and ofthe power of congress over slave , ry in the district of columbia by lead ing democrais of the south the position ol the standard is the same as that which was taken many years ago by the hon richard m johnson let all creation listen ! the foregoing i is taken from the national era t he cen tral national organ and mouthpeice of the free soil parti published at washington city ! ! what says the standard to that ? \ what says the republican about that ritfe of ours now 1 it seems that the free soil organ places precisely the same ; | construction upon the standard's article j that we did â€” a construction favorable to the fanatical views of the free soil party â€” a construction that every unprejudiced man who read the article must necessari ly have placed upon it ! but more anon it will be remembered that the stan dard and the locofoco press generally in this state made an awful noise and ex pressed a holy indignation some time since at the fact that the register was negatively commended by an anti-slave ry print for its views upon the dan gerous project broached by some disciple of mr calhoun's of instituting an espoin age over the mails we shall expect also now to hear them give vent to a virtuous horror that the era has endors ed for of course it is highly gratified al the standard's admission the position oftheir own organ ! there is a practical conundrum which illustrates most admirably the condition in which the standard now finds itself after having endeavored to fix the brand of indignation upon us on account of the encomium above referred to look a hea said a western negro to his fellow laborer look a hea d'you see dat tall tree down dere ?" yes jim i does wal i got up dat tree fore to-morrow to de bery top i was arter a coon â€” an when i'd chase em clear out to de todder eend ob de longest limb i heard sumfin drap what you guess twas sam ? â€” d'ye gib em up ? twas dis foolish nig ga ! e-yab ! e-yah ! like to break my nech â€” been limpin bout eber since !" â€” raleigh register further interesting intelli gence from liberia the rev wm mclain of washington city has received a letter from president roberts of liberia containing interest ing intelligence from liberia : " a few days ago i addressed you via england a short ncte announcing the ar rival of the * kuma at sinoe and that the immigrants had all been landed in good health and fine spirits and much de lighted with their new home and the pros pects before them they are indeed as far as i am informed a fine set of people industrious and enterprising and will no doubt prove a great acquisition to sinoe and liberia in general â€” just the kind of people we need i had also the pleasure of announcing the purchase of grand cape mount and manna by this govern ment and the hope of being able soon to extinguish the slave trade at gallinas i have the satisfaction now to inform you that the slave trade at gallinas is on its last legs in consequence of the strict blockade of that territory by the british squadron and the rapid extension of our jurisdiction in that direction the na tives have determined to abandon the j traffic in slaves and the chiefs have ac tually delivered to capt dunlop of her majesty's ship alert all the slaves that have been collected there for exportation numbering several hundred to be taken to sierra leone the foreign slavers have also taken advantage of capt dunlop's kindness and left the gallinas in one of her majesty's vessels for sierra leone having promised captain dunlop never again to return for the purpose of engag ing in the slave trade mr mclain in a letter to the intelli gencer communicating this intelligence says : " the news of the arrival of the emi grants by the huma and their great sat isfaction at their prospects there present a strong appeal to the friends of the col ored race to send in the means to enable us to colonize in december the company of about sixty from near murfreesboro n c since my note which appeared in your paper of yesterday was written i have received two hundred dollars more who will send us the remaining eighteen hundred the decatur at portsmouth n h brings intelligence from monrovia that president roberts has been re-elected to the station of chief magistrate of the li berian republic for vice president there was no choice by the people and the se lection therefore must be made by con gress mr warner the secretary of state would it was thought be chosen the republic has a snug man-of-war schooner carrying a neat little battery with the word " liberia on each gun all which was a present from the british go vernment she was absent on a cruise with general lewis the secretary ofthe treasury who was visiting the national trading establishment along the liberian shore which constitute the main depen dence of the republic for revenue they have a judicious tariff but have not yet perfected all the necessary arrangements for the collection of duties on imports an officer of the decatur just arrived from the coast of africa has written a letter to the boston post in which he gives the following account of the republic of liberia : the republic seems to be in a flour ishing condition cofl*idering tbat it is peo pled almost entirely by slaves who have been liberated in our southern states it j has aliberal constitution wholesome laws j two newspapers churches of various dc nominations and well conducted schools " their commerce is beginning to be j worth looking after ; nor did great brit ain send their popular president and suite i home in a magnificent man-of-war for nothing in proof of which i enclose you j a copy of a treaty recently concluded be j tween the parties showing that while j ' the queen god bless her has one of her j bright eyes on the suppression of the slave trade on the shore she bas the other fixed on the palm oil ivory and gold dust of interior but i shrewdly suspect that we too shall have a finger in the pie ; for i understood that the rev 11 r gurley.the champion of colonization had arrived at { monrovia before we left as an agent from i our government and lhat he was most favorably received the rev mr bas | tian lady and child missionaries from our j country arrived at monrovia in health about the middle of september " dr j w prout formerly of balti j more who was much esteemed by the j liberians and held a seat in their senate | was drowned on monrovia bar while re i turning from a vessel at anchor in mes seurado roads which he had visited pro fessionally to attend the sick he also held the office of register which is now filled by the renowned col hicks from kentucky sublimity and variety of the bible the true reason why some literary men disbelieve the bible is the one given by dr johnson : " because they are ignor ant of its contents and the same may be the reason why so many readers fail even to read this " book divine mrs ellis in her " poetry of life has well said : " with our established ideas of beauty grace pathos and sublimity either con centrated in the minutest point or extend ed to the widest range we can derive from the scriptures a kind of gratification not to be found in any other memorial of the past or present time from the worm that grovels in the dust to the leviathan in the foaming deep â€” from the moth that corrupts the secret treasure to tbe eagle that soars above the clouds â€” from the wild beasts of the desert to the lamb within the shepherd's fold â€” from consum ing locusts to the cattle on a thousand hills â€” from the rose of sharon to the ce dar of lebanon â€” from the clear crystal stream gushing from the flinty rock to the wide waters of tbe deluge â€” from the barren waste to the fruitful vineyard and the land flowing with milk and honey â€” from the lonely path of the wanderer to the gathering of a mighty multitude â€” from the tear that falls in secret to the j din of battle and the shout of triumphant ! hosts â€” from the cottage to the throne â€” j from the mourner clad in sackcloth to the prince in his purple robes â€” from the gnaw ings of the worm that dieth not to the seraphic vision of the blessed from the still small voice to the thunders of omnipotence â€” from the depths of hell to j the regions of eternal glory â€” there is no i degree of beauty or deformity no tenden j cy to good or evil no shade of darkness or gleam of light that does not come within ' the cognizance ofthe holy scripture and therefore there is no expression or con ception of the mind that may not here find a corresponding picture ; no thirst for excellence that may not meet with its full supply ; and no condition of humanity ex cluded from the unlimited scope of adap tation and sympathy comprehended in the language and spirit ofthe bible singular freak of electric fluid â€” du i ring the thunder storm on thursday last i a bolt struck the building occupied as a : feed store by messrs snyder and co near lock no 12 at east schuylkill haven â€” the fluid struck the roof passed down the : front of the building and separating de i scended on either side of the front door j through which it entered into the store ; where mr francis benseman and mr snyder were standing it struck mr sny der on the shoulder completely stripping the clothes from that portion of his person passed down his side across his abdomen through his pantaloons pocket where was some silver change thence down his leg \ , and out through a very considerable hole \ i which it burned in the bottom of his boot j and disappeared through the floor mr j \ snyder was stricken down senseless and j â– apparently dead in which condition he i j remained until some ofthe neighbors car j j ried him out into the rain which in a few j ; minutes caused him to revive : he contin 1 ; ues however in a very weak and preca rious condition mr benseman was also stricken down senseless but revived very soon and creep ing to the door opened it making his way into the open air so confused however by the violence of the shock as to be un conscious whither he went his right side was considerably paralysed and re mained so up to the time we last heard from him the building was shattered from the roof to its foundation and it seems really miraculous lhat the inmates were not in stantly killed they represent that at the instant of the shock they lek as if thrown into a heated furnace and the smell of sulphur was utterly overpowering pottsvillt pn press honors to the gallant dead â€” the jour nal of commerce says that the funeral honors paid at new york on thursday to the memory of major general worth colonel duncan and major gates formed one of the most brilliant civic and milita ry displays ever witnessed in that city â€” the military were out in unusual strength to the number of near three thousand men while every point square and tho roughfare favoring a view of the impos ; ing spectacle was thronged with masses of human beings the public buildings on the line of the procession and many of the stores and private dwellings were suitably decked with the insignia of mour ning and the bells gave out their solemn notes broken in upon only by the subdued peals of martial music the procession moved from the park about 12 o'clock and passed through the principal streets l t pon its return to the park prayer was offered by the rev dr de witt and an oration delivered by mr john van buren the remains of the deceased officers ' were then conveyed to the governor's room in the city hall where they in state until friday morning when they were re moved for interment those of general worth were interred in greenwood ce < metery ; col duncan's were taken to cornwall his native town and those of col gates were interred on governor's island â€” nat int almost a duel the boston journal of monday after noon has the following : â€” a duel â€” not quite â€” we learn from a creditable source the following particu lars relative to an affair which has caused j some little excitement among the students | of harvard univers'ty lt seems that a young man named s , native of the sunny south who for some time past had been a member of the scientific school at cambridge was suspected of cheating i while playing at cards for amusement (?) this suspicion had become so universal among his associates who occasionally " took a hand with him that a member of the junior class p r of this city de 1 termined upon playing a game or two with s merely for the purpose of detect ing him in cheating if such a thing could be done accordingly two parties met and the game was commenced it was not long however before mr r believ ing that he had accomplished his object threw his cards upon the table exclaim ing to mr s f you've cheated and you know you have or language to that ef feet this occurred during the last week and the day after mr r received a challenge from mr s to meet him in mortal com j bat provided be could fight him in any i southern city this challenge accompa j nied by such a proviso mr r at once tie j clined accepting the next morning.just after prayers the parties met mr s be 'â– ing armed with a cowhide and making some demonstration of violence towards { mr r the friends of both parties in terferred however and prevented any personal violence being done at that time subsequent to this the two students met in the university book store each hap \ pening to be accompanied by their friends the south being divided against the north after some altercation s drew a pistol ' exclaiming " if you put your hands on me i'll blow your brains out no blood was shed and the parties soon separated the threat of mr s reaching the ears of the faculty he was promptly informed that inasmuch as he had violated the laws of the commonwealth he would if be did not leave cambridge forthwith be handed over to the civil authorities mr s doubt less thinking discretion the better part of valor immediately took up with the ad vice of the faculty so the matter rests at present the boston transcript states that on friday last a lady in that city received the following letter containing the sum of 59 :â€” " i herein enclose the amount of a sum of money which i dishonestly took from your former husband several years ago 1 have been on the sea many years and about six months ago 1 was in great dan ger of going to the bottom when all my ; sins stared at me and i resolved to re pent if god spared my life when i came ashore i found your husband was dead i have searched for you and am thankful to find where you lived i hope you will fergive me as i think god has the way of the transgressor is hard the penitent thief queen2 victoria a pretty compliment was paid to victoria at the celebration of the atheneum at manchester ibrce weeks since bv the presiding officer who said : on all occasions she has consulted the welfare of her people ; nor is she less ad mirable in her private life her private life is remarkable ; she is a good wife and a good mother her expense has never exceeded her income more than that she has paid and is still paying the debts of her father without asking for any assist ance from the nation moreover she has insisted upon paying the income tax and thus contributing to the expense of the state a beautiful reflrcclion â€” i cannot believe ! lhat earth is man's abiding place it cannot be that our life is cast upon lhe ocean of eter . nily to float a moment upon its waves and then sink inlo nothingness ! else how is it lhat the glorious aspirations which leap like ; angles from lhe lemple of our heart arc lorer j er wandeiing about unsatisfied why is rl that lhe rainbow and clouds came over us wilt \ { beauty that isnotofearih & then pas ottin i ]-.-. \ us to muse upon iheir loveliness 7 why i il that lhe stars which hold their octal around . ihe midnight throne are vel above ibe g ' our limited fatuities forever mocking s with their unapproachable glorv ? aud finally why 1 is it lhal the bright forms of human im presented to our view and then taken from us leaving the thousand streams of our at lo flow back in alpine lorrenls on our heart ' we are lÂ»orn for a higher destiny than ;'. earth there is a realm where the r never fades where the stars will be -; out before us like the island thai slumbers in the ocean ! and where the beings thai pass be fore us like shadows will slay our presence forever ? home â€” it has been said of americans lhat they manifest less attachment le the place their birth and less repaid for iheii friends c i other days lhan any people in tl.e civilized world this we apprehend is not their true character they leave their lriend and iheir homes and cast themselves upon lhe tide of uncertain and olien oopropitious adventure : but not because the society nf friends ha 1 come irksome or the home of their child hood has lost ihe charms f iis pristine beaotj . no no deep bitter and abiding are lhe s r rows that entwine tho heart of a dutiful 9 :. and ihe affectionate daughter when pei for lhe last time ihey look upon the lorm of an aged mother whose years admonish all that ere long the cold hand of death will consign her lo a resting place forever who lhal bas ever beheld lhe streaming eyes of a fond and loving mother who wiih stricken he-art an ! heaving bosom would clasp lhe hand ol her i â€¢ parting child and as the last maternal office point him lo a faith which leads to a happy spirit land who iu lhe whole eaith thai has seen this can say lhat an american docs not love a home and a friend thank heaven . ur countrymen are industrious enrerprising and bold ihough ihey are generally poor : and iheir footsteps are directed lor fortune and li.r hon or and the homes and the friends that they love are henceforth remembeicd in their civ sian dreams of pleasure forever gone lie who does not wander back in sweet recollec tion and live again the sunny hours of limes gone by surrounded by friends who he never can forget as a " human icicle and never en enjoyed lhe society ofa true friend nr knew the care ofa care of a father and the love ot a inn ther should any one ask me why home was the spot which above all others on earth we cherish in undying memory i would answer because it is the place where we have fell lhe smiles and enjoyed the love of our mothers assaying metals â€” the assaying is lhe most curious and scientific of all the business in the mint the mellers lake the gold dust melt it and cast it into a bar when it is weighed ac curately and a piece is cut nil for the assay cr he takes il melts it with twice iis weight of lead it is melted in small cups made ol bone ashes which absorb all lhe lead ; a large pa it cf the silver is extracted by another process and the sample is then rolled out lo a thin bhaving coiled up and put into a sort ol glass vial call ed a malrass with some nitric acid the mat rasses are put in a furnace and the acid is boil ed some time poured off a new supply put in and boiled again this is done several linns till the acid has extracted all the silver and other mineral substances leaving the sample of pure gold the sample is then weighed aud by the diflerence between the weight be fore assaying and afier lhe true value is found all the silver over and above five penny weights for each lot is paid for by the mint at its m ue value the gold afier il has been assayed u melted refined and being mixed with due pro portion of alloy is drawn inlo long strips riot unlike an iron hoop for a cask the round pie ces cut out with a sort of punch each piece weighed is brought lo right size and put into a stamping press whnce il comes forth a per feet coin â€” set amer perpetual motion â€” we bad lhe pleasure a few days since of examining the machine re ccnlly invented by our friend and townsman mr c w richter we have never been convinced of lhe practicability of lhe arduous attention paid to this object by mr r and have numbered ourselves among lhe incredu lous until we examined the wheel and saw in motion now we arc convinced and tlm this notice may excite in olhers the same in credulity before entertained by ourselves sure ly no reasonable man who witnesses its evolu tions can doubt for a moment that il is a pow er generating wheel its construction is so simple and its whole movement so plain lhat the most skeptical c bserver is at once con vinced that the propelling force ol the wheel is entire v of and in itself of the construction of the wheel we are now not at liberty tn speak the principle is similar to lhat on which mr r was engaged one vear ago ; a notice of which appeared in this paper ot ihe utility of this machine in its present infantine slate we are not very sanguine that it involves _ principle in which when developed and per fected may be successiully used as a motive pow er we cannot doubt the cherished iheor ol - ig i philosophers to t he contrary notwiibstand ng the publie will soon have an opportunity < i witnessing this proud achievement nf genius and we forbear further comments it present " seeing is believing " and we hope the in credulous may avail themselves of a view ,,; this invention before denouncing il as a philo sophical absurdity â€” mad vis another iieirniug to lhe inebriate â€” a man by the name of john pitman was run over on the morning of the 20th instant before day on the wilmington and italeign railroad edgecomb county and instantly killed he wa i ing on lhe track in a state of intoxication and the engineer was not ware of any thing ofthe kind until be arrived at the break fast house when he discovered a part of i the man's clothes on the cow hooks the town of wilmington always ahead ofthe balance of the state in public spir it has appointed 20 delegates to the inter nal improvement convention to be held at greensborough on the 29th instant and voted the aumuof 2j)0 dollars for de fraying their expenses that i the way to do '.!.< f-hiflg

, w erm9 of the watchman ' 1 e tocription.per year two doi.lars-payable in y but if not paid in advance two dollars 1 jfiftv cts ill be charged k ' i subsequent insertion court orders charged t higher than these rates a liberal deduc ."â€ž.,' to those who advertise by the year ks to the editors must be post paid from the south carolinian 1 ireat display of firtlltes fire balls and shooting stars on thursday the ul day of november 1s49 i m eight o'clock a m throughout lhe entire l and until a late hour of lhe night in this v ol lhe country there was a magnificent tlilay of these enigmatical atmospheric pbe yneiia which have so property been regard by humboldt as ' small masses ring with , jiary velocity in conic sections round the â– l in lemony with he laws of universal dilation early in ihe morning explosions lsembling distant artillery were heard by va ,. per6on9 which were mistaken for blast , explosions until he afternoon when ihese j winded messengers of the slats became j sible lo ibe naked eye one exploded about j o milt 5 northeast from my residence with a ; nincr noise which shook the surrounding i p iii its downward transit emilied a clear aflspborescent light leaving a distinct line il | minaied in iis course another five miles j i,.ipst was observed wingin us course in \ pjrtnwesc o _ . anie direction at cpnte a leizure pace ho ' zontallj ailtl l ' e ca h ai d being spent ex jed Â» liri noise smoke it appeared to be a evolving ball of while flame at 4 o'clock , _ ] was walking in a field at pomaria when i startling explosion took place at my back apparently hree hundred yards from me the j fullei lhan the loudest report of ar j eijierv could he at thai distance and sensibly book the earth â€” similar instances were ob j â€¢ rvetl in the upper part of newberry district thir : ir miles north of this place and throughout our whole section they were visible to many oflhe post respectable citizens i have not had lei j re to examine any of the localities where lie explosion took place to determine whether ijjere have been specific mineral deposites â€” ; \; ni"ht there was a beautiful display of those ; fiery tea from the skies commonly de i nominated shooting stars the sky was perfectly clear during the en i lirt day and a brilliant blue was observable , pen to the horizon the sunset was most j brilliant crimson and about ten o'clock p m j ii flush ofthe northern light was plainly visi t's the weather since has been warm to an ! intolerable degree and we are now in the i irjst ofa most charming indian summer humboldt satisfactorily accounts for the vis ible appearance of these masses from the fact fat when they encounter the earth in their co-jrse and attracted by it they become on tie verge of our atmosphere extremely lumin ous fire halls and shooting stars we learn inm the same source are not only frequently cnnlempo raucous and intermingled but fre metitlv pass into one another meteoric stones frequently fall from fire-balls which was the case when the well known fa.ll of a:rolites oc cured at barbolan in the department of des landes france on the 24th july 1790 ; at lima on the loth june 1704 ; at weston con lcclicui on the 1 li h december 1807 ; and at juvenas in the department of ardeche on the loih june 1821 sometimes ihese have fal len from a progressive cloud forming suddenly in the midst of a clear sky accompanied with a noise like the report of a single peice of artil lery u mulhausen in the department of al ia prance in september 1843 large aerolites lell from the clear sky amidst a noise like thun cr v ngcrs in 1 6*2*2 fire balls emitted tones similar in diameter to lhe balls project ed from lire works called roman candles the formation of all these phenomena are still involved in inexplicable mystery â€” the min eral deposites and specific earths precipitated as ie furnishing the scientific no satisfactory due n a perfect solution the magnitude of thes precipitations in some instances has been surprising llabide celis describes those of bohia and otumpa in chaco to be from seven to even and a half feet in length : that of ae go i'utamos renowned in antiquity and men ; lionedin the mat ble chronicle ol paris as large j as two mill stones of the weight of a waggon j load the great thracian meteor slone which j lell more lhan 2500 years aÂ»o and which is now lost humboldt still hopes will be discov i ered in lhe east an enormous terolile which lell early in lhe tenth century projected an ell ! above lhe water ol the river name humboldt regards even ihese enormous bodies as no more k than principled fragments which were j scatteted by the explosion when ihey descend i ed a reference to the investigation made by dension olrastead ol new haven connect i i cut on the showers of shooting stars and fire halls ot november 1833 would be highly sat islac'ory to those who desire an explanation ind confirmation of lhe cosmic origin of such phenomena a further reference to humboldt's cosmos will give the reader perhaps a satis factory elucidation of the mysteries connected ith these matters which could not even be fflerred to in the limits ofa hasty communica l,0n like this given only iu order to induce a public account from all sections in which this almost certain annual november display may bare taken place the liicts and instances ci ted are chbfly from humboldt a g summer â– . isnsceoft lexington nov 4 1741 title for ihe president â€” from the re cently published biography of rev dr ashbell green who died not long since at a very advanced age we take the follow ing extract relating to an interesting mat ter of our early history : at the period we contemplate i made ft part ofa company in which a conver sation took place the report of which i qink you will receive with some interest y r - wm shipen the first professor and or a time an eminent one in the medical "* c ool of the university of pennsylvania d ior his wife a lady of virginia it i 1 suppo.se in consequence of this that jjlien the virginia delegation to the first egress arrived in philadelphia on their a >" to xcw york he invited some of the of that delegation or perhaps |" e whole of them to a dinner at his own p -*' -'â€¢ i remember the names of madison â„¢ e nd lee and i think there was one r uv o more chief justice mckean af . w ards governor of pennsylvania and " m bingham subsequently a mem r oi the l'nited states senate were like â€¢** invited guests and as the doctor was n member of my congregation he also the carolina watchman bruner & james ) ? kf.er a check upon am ocr editors sc proprietors ) nx*s ( new series do this a so li&eetv is safe < geu'l harrison ( volume vi number 31 salisbury n c thursday december 6 1849 honored me with an invitation soon af i ter wc had taken our seats in the drawing room before dinner the chief justice said to mr madison â€” have you thought sir of a title for our new president ?" madison's answer was in the negative ; and he added that in his judgment no title except that of president would be necessary or proper yes sir replied mckean he must have a title and i have been examining the titles of certain princes in europe to dis cover one that has not been appropriated most serene highness i find is appro priated ; but serene highness without the word most in not appropriated ; and i think it will be proper that our president should be known by the title of his serene highness the president of the united j stettcs this elicited an amicable con troversy which continued for some time i madison and his colleagues opposing and mckean maintaining the propriety of conferring the title he had proposed on president washington although congress thought proper to give no title to the president other than that which designated his oflice common usage since has familiarized the pub lic ear to the application of his excellen cy if we cannot adhere to the original simplicity of title which met with favor in the first congress there might be better taste shown perhaps in the selection of some other title â€” although there is no need of any but the term his excellen cy does not distinguish the presidential , office above that of the governor of a state the term as applied to the latter is of colonial descent and used to be the designation of the provisional governors under the british crown in our state of maryland the phrase is always used when ever the two houses or either communi cate with the governor another objection to the use ofthe term is to be found in the circumstance that it denotes in europe a grade of official rank far from lhe highest ; so that when a for eign minister applies the designation to the president of the united states it is a derogatory designation some of our presidents were very particular upon this and would receive no communication from foreign representatives bearing that ad dress tothe president of the united states is the simple and appropriate style of official designation most suitable tothe dignity of the office and to the repuplican ism of our people the appropriateness of this address would be impaired by the introduction of the personal name of the president â€” baltimore american the register has been trying very hard of late to conceal its own position upon the wilmot proviso by holding up the standard as conceding the right of congress to abolish slavery in the district i of columbia as we supposed.it was a j mere ruse of the register to divert public opinion from its own derelections by char ging on the standard that the editor of the newbern re publican is very much mistaken in sup posing that it was a mere ruse of ours . to hold up the standard as conceding the right of congress to abolish slavery in i the district of columbia and that no one else would have placed such a construe j tion upon the extract by which we speak i ! will abundantly appear from the follow j ing to which we invite special and uni i versial attention : 9 9 9 m 9 9 s an admission the raleigh n c standard a dem | ocratic paper in a controversy with the ; raleigh register whig concerning the power of congress over slavery in the territories of california and new mexico : some time since made the following ad mission from which it would appear that it holds the same views ofthe constitution al power of congress over slavery in the district of columbia which are enter tained by the free soil party : in the first article and 8th section of the constitution it is declared that con gress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the district of columbia here is a grant of exclusive and supreme power why was not the same language used in relation to the territories ? why if as the register de clares lhe right of absolute and unlim ited legislation over the territories was intended to be delegated did not the , framers of the constitution say so just as they had said in relation to the district of columbia ?" lt is a little remarkable that the free '' democracy should be sustained in its view of the power of congress over the territories by whigs of the south and ofthe power of congress over slave , ry in the district of columbia by lead ing democrais of the south the position ol the standard is the same as that which was taken many years ago by the hon richard m johnson let all creation listen ! the foregoing i is taken from the national era t he cen tral national organ and mouthpeice of the free soil parti published at washington city ! ! what says the standard to that ? \ what says the republican about that ritfe of ours now 1 it seems that the free soil organ places precisely the same ; | construction upon the standard's article j that we did â€” a construction favorable to the fanatical views of the free soil party â€” a construction that every unprejudiced man who read the article must necessari ly have placed upon it ! but more anon it will be remembered that the stan dard and the locofoco press generally in this state made an awful noise and ex pressed a holy indignation some time since at the fact that the register was negatively commended by an anti-slave ry print for its views upon the dan gerous project broached by some disciple of mr calhoun's of instituting an espoin age over the mails we shall expect also now to hear them give vent to a virtuous horror that the era has endors ed for of course it is highly gratified al the standard's admission the position oftheir own organ ! there is a practical conundrum which illustrates most admirably the condition in which the standard now finds itself after having endeavored to fix the brand of indignation upon us on account of the encomium above referred to look a hea said a western negro to his fellow laborer look a hea d'you see dat tall tree down dere ?" yes jim i does wal i got up dat tree fore to-morrow to de bery top i was arter a coon â€” an when i'd chase em clear out to de todder eend ob de longest limb i heard sumfin drap what you guess twas sam ? â€” d'ye gib em up ? twas dis foolish nig ga ! e-yab ! e-yah ! like to break my nech â€” been limpin bout eber since !" â€” raleigh register further interesting intelli gence from liberia the rev wm mclain of washington city has received a letter from president roberts of liberia containing interest ing intelligence from liberia : " a few days ago i addressed you via england a short ncte announcing the ar rival of the * kuma at sinoe and that the immigrants had all been landed in good health and fine spirits and much de lighted with their new home and the pros pects before them they are indeed as far as i am informed a fine set of people industrious and enterprising and will no doubt prove a great acquisition to sinoe and liberia in general â€” just the kind of people we need i had also the pleasure of announcing the purchase of grand cape mount and manna by this govern ment and the hope of being able soon to extinguish the slave trade at gallinas i have the satisfaction now to inform you that the slave trade at gallinas is on its last legs in consequence of the strict blockade of that territory by the british squadron and the rapid extension of our jurisdiction in that direction the na tives have determined to abandon the j traffic in slaves and the chiefs have ac tually delivered to capt dunlop of her majesty's ship alert all the slaves that have been collected there for exportation numbering several hundred to be taken to sierra leone the foreign slavers have also taken advantage of capt dunlop's kindness and left the gallinas in one of her majesty's vessels for sierra leone having promised captain dunlop never again to return for the purpose of engag ing in the slave trade mr mclain in a letter to the intelli gencer communicating this intelligence says : " the news of the arrival of the emi grants by the huma and their great sat isfaction at their prospects there present a strong appeal to the friends of the col ored race to send in the means to enable us to colonize in december the company of about sixty from near murfreesboro n c since my note which appeared in your paper of yesterday was written i have received two hundred dollars more who will send us the remaining eighteen hundred the decatur at portsmouth n h brings intelligence from monrovia that president roberts has been re-elected to the station of chief magistrate of the li berian republic for vice president there was no choice by the people and the se lection therefore must be made by con gress mr warner the secretary of state would it was thought be chosen the republic has a snug man-of-war schooner carrying a neat little battery with the word " liberia on each gun all which was a present from the british go vernment she was absent on a cruise with general lewis the secretary ofthe treasury who was visiting the national trading establishment along the liberian shore which constitute the main depen dence of the republic for revenue they have a judicious tariff but have not yet perfected all the necessary arrangements for the collection of duties on imports an officer of the decatur just arrived from the coast of africa has written a letter to the boston post in which he gives the following account of the republic of liberia : the republic seems to be in a flour ishing condition cofl*idering tbat it is peo pled almost entirely by slaves who have been liberated in our southern states it j has aliberal constitution wholesome laws j two newspapers churches of various dc nominations and well conducted schools " their commerce is beginning to be j worth looking after ; nor did great brit ain send their popular president and suite i home in a magnificent man-of-war for nothing in proof of which i enclose you j a copy of a treaty recently concluded be j tween the parties showing that while j ' the queen god bless her has one of her j bright eyes on the suppression of the slave trade on the shore she bas the other fixed on the palm oil ivory and gold dust of interior but i shrewdly suspect that we too shall have a finger in the pie ; for i understood that the rev 11 r gurley.the champion of colonization had arrived at { monrovia before we left as an agent from i our government and lhat he was most favorably received the rev mr bas | tian lady and child missionaries from our j country arrived at monrovia in health about the middle of september " dr j w prout formerly of balti j more who was much esteemed by the j liberians and held a seat in their senate | was drowned on monrovia bar while re i turning from a vessel at anchor in mes seurado roads which he had visited pro fessionally to attend the sick he also held the office of register which is now filled by the renowned col hicks from kentucky sublimity and variety of the bible the true reason why some literary men disbelieve the bible is the one given by dr johnson : " because they are ignor ant of its contents and the same may be the reason why so many readers fail even to read this " book divine mrs ellis in her " poetry of life has well said : " with our established ideas of beauty grace pathos and sublimity either con centrated in the minutest point or extend ed to the widest range we can derive from the scriptures a kind of gratification not to be found in any other memorial of the past or present time from the worm that grovels in the dust to the leviathan in the foaming deep â€” from the moth that corrupts the secret treasure to tbe eagle that soars above the clouds â€” from the wild beasts of the desert to the lamb within the shepherd's fold â€” from consum ing locusts to the cattle on a thousand hills â€” from the rose of sharon to the ce dar of lebanon â€” from the clear crystal stream gushing from the flinty rock to the wide waters of tbe deluge â€” from the barren waste to the fruitful vineyard and the land flowing with milk and honey â€” from the lonely path of the wanderer to the gathering of a mighty multitude â€” from the tear that falls in secret to the j din of battle and the shout of triumphant ! hosts â€” from the cottage to the throne â€” j from the mourner clad in sackcloth to the prince in his purple robes â€” from the gnaw ings of the worm that dieth not to the seraphic vision of the blessed from the still small voice to the thunders of omnipotence â€” from the depths of hell to j the regions of eternal glory â€” there is no i degree of beauty or deformity no tenden j cy to good or evil no shade of darkness or gleam of light that does not come within ' the cognizance ofthe holy scripture and therefore there is no expression or con ception of the mind that may not here find a corresponding picture ; no thirst for excellence that may not meet with its full supply ; and no condition of humanity ex cluded from the unlimited scope of adap tation and sympathy comprehended in the language and spirit ofthe bible singular freak of electric fluid â€” du i ring the thunder storm on thursday last i a bolt struck the building occupied as a : feed store by messrs snyder and co near lock no 12 at east schuylkill haven â€” the fluid struck the roof passed down the : front of the building and separating de i scended on either side of the front door j through which it entered into the store ; where mr francis benseman and mr snyder were standing it struck mr sny der on the shoulder completely stripping the clothes from that portion of his person passed down his side across his abdomen through his pantaloons pocket where was some silver change thence down his leg \ , and out through a very considerable hole \ i which it burned in the bottom of his boot j and disappeared through the floor mr j \ snyder was stricken down senseless and j â– apparently dead in which condition he i j remained until some ofthe neighbors car j j ried him out into the rain which in a few j ; minutes caused him to revive : he contin 1 ; ues however in a very weak and preca rious condition mr benseman was also stricken down senseless but revived very soon and creep ing to the door opened it making his way into the open air so confused however by the violence of the shock as to be un conscious whither he went his right side was considerably paralysed and re mained so up to the time we last heard from him the building was shattered from the roof to its foundation and it seems really miraculous lhat the inmates were not in stantly killed they represent that at the instant of the shock they lek as if thrown into a heated furnace and the smell of sulphur was utterly overpowering pottsvillt pn press honors to the gallant dead â€” the jour nal of commerce says that the funeral honors paid at new york on thursday to the memory of major general worth colonel duncan and major gates formed one of the most brilliant civic and milita ry displays ever witnessed in that city â€” the military were out in unusual strength to the number of near three thousand men while every point square and tho roughfare favoring a view of the impos ; ing spectacle was thronged with masses of human beings the public buildings on the line of the procession and many of the stores and private dwellings were suitably decked with the insignia of mour ning and the bells gave out their solemn notes broken in upon only by the subdued peals of martial music the procession moved from the park about 12 o'clock and passed through the principal streets l t pon its return to the park prayer was offered by the rev dr de witt and an oration delivered by mr john van buren the remains of the deceased officers ' were then conveyed to the governor's room in the city hall where they in state until friday morning when they were re moved for interment those of general worth were interred in greenwood ce < metery ; col duncan's were taken to cornwall his native town and those of col gates were interred on governor's island â€” nat int almost a duel the boston journal of monday after noon has the following : â€” a duel â€” not quite â€” we learn from a creditable source the following particu lars relative to an affair which has caused j some little excitement among the students | of harvard univers'ty lt seems that a young man named s , native of the sunny south who for some time past had been a member of the scientific school at cambridge was suspected of cheating i while playing at cards for amusement (?) this suspicion had become so universal among his associates who occasionally " took a hand with him that a member of the junior class p r of this city de 1 termined upon playing a game or two with s merely for the purpose of detect ing him in cheating if such a thing could be done accordingly two parties met and the game was commenced it was not long however before mr r believ ing that he had accomplished his object threw his cards upon the table exclaim ing to mr s f you've cheated and you know you have or language to that ef feet this occurred during the last week and the day after mr r received a challenge from mr s to meet him in mortal com j bat provided be could fight him in any i southern city this challenge accompa j nied by such a proviso mr r at once tie j clined accepting the next morning.just after prayers the parties met mr s be 'â– ing armed with a cowhide and making some demonstration of violence towards { mr r the friends of both parties in terferred however and prevented any personal violence being done at that time subsequent to this the two students met in the university book store each hap \ pening to be accompanied by their friends the south being divided against the north after some altercation s drew a pistol ' exclaiming " if you put your hands on me i'll blow your brains out no blood was shed and the parties soon separated the threat of mr s reaching the ears of the faculty he was promptly informed that inasmuch as he had violated the laws of the commonwealth he would if be did not leave cambridge forthwith be handed over to the civil authorities mr s doubt less thinking discretion the better part of valor immediately took up with the ad vice of the faculty so the matter rests at present the boston transcript states that on friday last a lady in that city received the following letter containing the sum of 59 :â€” " i herein enclose the amount of a sum of money which i dishonestly took from your former husband several years ago 1 have been on the sea many years and about six months ago 1 was in great dan ger of going to the bottom when all my ; sins stared at me and i resolved to re pent if god spared my life when i came ashore i found your husband was dead i have searched for you and am thankful to find where you lived i hope you will fergive me as i think god has the way of the transgressor is hard the penitent thief queen2 victoria a pretty compliment was paid to victoria at the celebration of the atheneum at manchester ibrce weeks since bv the presiding officer who said : on all occasions she has consulted the welfare of her people ; nor is she less ad mirable in her private life her private life is remarkable ; she is a good wife and a good mother her expense has never exceeded her income more than that she has paid and is still paying the debts of her father without asking for any assist ance from the nation moreover she has insisted upon paying the income tax and thus contributing to the expense of the state a beautiful reflrcclion â€” i cannot believe ! lhat earth is man's abiding place it cannot be that our life is cast upon lhe ocean of eter . nily to float a moment upon its waves and then sink inlo nothingness ! else how is it lhat the glorious aspirations which leap like ; angles from lhe lemple of our heart arc lorer j er wandeiing about unsatisfied why is rl that lhe rainbow and clouds came over us wilt \ { beauty that isnotofearih & then pas ottin i ]-.-. \ us to muse upon iheir loveliness 7 why i il that lhe stars which hold their octal around . ihe midnight throne are vel above ibe g ' our limited fatuities forever mocking s with their unapproachable glorv ? aud finally why 1 is it lhal the bright forms of human im presented to our view and then taken from us leaving the thousand streams of our at lo flow back in alpine lorrenls on our heart ' we are lÂ»orn for a higher destiny than ;'. earth there is a realm where the r never fades where the stars will be -; out before us like the island thai slumbers in the ocean ! and where the beings thai pass be fore us like shadows will slay our presence forever ? home â€” it has been said of americans lhat they manifest less attachment le the place their birth and less repaid for iheii friends c i other days lhan any people in tl.e civilized world this we apprehend is not their true character they leave their lriend and iheir homes and cast themselves upon lhe tide of uncertain and olien oopropitious adventure : but not because the society nf friends ha 1 come irksome or the home of their child hood has lost ihe charms f iis pristine beaotj . no no deep bitter and abiding are lhe s r rows that entwine tho heart of a dutiful 9 :. and ihe affectionate daughter when pei for lhe last time ihey look upon the lorm of an aged mother whose years admonish all that ere long the cold hand of death will consign her lo a resting place forever who lhal bas ever beheld lhe streaming eyes of a fond and loving mother who wiih stricken he-art an ! heaving bosom would clasp lhe hand ol her i â€¢ parting child and as the last maternal office point him lo a faith which leads to a happy spirit land who iu lhe whole eaith thai has seen this can say lhat an american docs not love a home and a friend thank heaven . ur countrymen are industrious enrerprising and bold ihough ihey are generally poor : and iheir footsteps are directed lor fortune and li.r hon or and the homes and the friends that they love are henceforth remembeicd in their civ sian dreams of pleasure forever gone lie who does not wander back in sweet recollec tion and live again the sunny hours of limes gone by surrounded by friends who he never can forget as a " human icicle and never en enjoyed lhe society ofa true friend nr knew the care ofa care of a father and the love ot a inn ther should any one ask me why home was the spot which above all others on earth we cherish in undying memory i would answer because it is the place where we have fell lhe smiles and enjoyed the love of our mothers assaying metals â€” the assaying is lhe most curious and scientific of all the business in the mint the mellers lake the gold dust melt it and cast it into a bar when it is weighed ac curately and a piece is cut nil for the assay cr he takes il melts it with twice iis weight of lead it is melted in small cups made ol bone ashes which absorb all lhe lead ; a large pa it cf the silver is extracted by another process and the sample is then rolled out lo a thin bhaving coiled up and put into a sort ol glass vial call ed a malrass with some nitric acid the mat rasses are put in a furnace and the acid is boil ed some time poured off a new supply put in and boiled again this is done several linns till the acid has extracted all the silver and other mineral substances leaving the sample of pure gold the sample is then weighed aud by the diflerence between the weight be fore assaying and afier lhe true value is found all the silver over and above five penny weights for each lot is paid for by the mint at its m ue value the gold afier il has been assayed u melted refined and being mixed with due pro portion of alloy is drawn inlo long strips riot unlike an iron hoop for a cask the round pie ces cut out with a sort of punch each piece weighed is brought lo right size and put into a stamping press whnce il comes forth a per feet coin â€” set amer perpetual motion â€” we bad lhe pleasure a few days since of examining the machine re ccnlly invented by our friend and townsman mr c w richter we have never been convinced of lhe practicability of lhe arduous attention paid to this object by mr r and have numbered ourselves among lhe incredu lous until we examined the wheel and saw in motion now we arc convinced and tlm this notice may excite in olhers the same in credulity before entertained by ourselves sure ly no reasonable man who witnesses its evolu tions can doubt for a moment that il is a pow er generating wheel its construction is so simple and its whole movement so plain lhat the most skeptical c bserver is at once con vinced that the propelling force ol the wheel is entire v of and in itself of the construction of the wheel we are now not at liberty tn speak the principle is similar to lhat on which mr r was engaged one vear ago ; a notice of which appeared in this paper ot ihe utility of this machine in its present infantine slate we are not very sanguine that it involves _ principle in which when developed and per fected may be successiully used as a motive pow er we cannot doubt the cherished iheor ol - ig i philosophers to t he contrary notwiibstand ng the publie will soon have an opportunity < i witnessing this proud achievement nf genius and we forbear further comments it present " seeing is believing " and we hope the in credulous may avail themselves of a view ,,; this invention before denouncing il as a philo sophical absurdity â€” mad vis another iieirniug to lhe inebriate â€” a man by the name of john pitman was run over on the morning of the 20th instant before day on the wilmington and italeign railroad edgecomb county and instantly killed he wa i ing on lhe track in a state of intoxication and the engineer was not ware of any thing ofthe kind until be arrived at the break fast house when he discovered a part of i the man's clothes on the cow hooks the town of wilmington always ahead ofthe balance of the state in public spir it has appointed 20 delegates to the inter nal improvement convention to be held at greensborough on the 29th instant and voted the aumuof 2j)0 dollars for de fraying their expenses that i the way to do '.!.< f-hiflg